Equipment upgrades at the Sequim Aquatic Recreation Center have left a surplus of items that are helping the Quillayute Valley Parks and Recreation District’s Forks Aquatic Center stay open.

SARC sent several fitness items west to the Forks-based fitness facility, including two “spinner” bikes, two dumbbell racks and several treadmills.

Representatives from the Quillayute district contacted SARC officials and SARC board president Sue Sorensen said Sequim was more than happy to help.

“We didn’t have room for them,” Sorensen said of the donated items. “We checked with the lawyer (and) since it was one public entity to another that we could just exchange them. There was no money involved.”

The only cost, she noted, was to load a truck and send it on to Forks.

“It’s nice to know that they could get some use out of (the equipment),” Sorensen said. “Some of the stuff we were storing at SARC, so it was good for us, too.”

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